department stores may have lost business to hurricane sandy. and we'll see how that affected profits for the quarter as sears, target, gap and others. stores like home depot may have picked up business because of the storm. both are expected to report that profits rose during the latest quarter. two reads on inflation. if you take away food and energy, it should be contained and volkswagen unveils a new hatchback this week. the seventh version of the golf. it's slightly longer and slightly lighter but the price tag will not change since the golf went on sale in 1974, volkswagen has sold 29 million of those cars. quite a record. i'm sue herrera. get all of your business news on cnbc. >>> we have a reminder you can get your business and tech news before the bell weekdays on "today in the bay" at 4:30 in the morning. we have more ahead. coming up, the election is over so what is next? we talk to political analyst larry gerston about decision 2012's big winners and losers. but first, mike inouye has a look at our weekend calendar. >> good morning.